Matt Murschel's College Insider: Five questions with West Virginia AD Oliver Luck

December 26, 2010|By Matt Murschel, ORLANDO SENTINEL

After a week where his name was mentioned as a possible replacement for Ralph Friedgen at Maryland, former Texas Tech coach Mike Leach has been mentioned in some circles as a possible replacement for Oklahoma State offensive coordinator Dana Holgorsen, who will be leaving the team to join West Virginia. Cowboys coach Mike Gundy told the Tulsa World, "I don't think it's appropriate ... to even talk about that," Gundy said. "Just because it's unfair to the players and coaches here to even discuss anything related to that topic."

Tough times at Mississippi State

It's been a tough week for Mississippi State coach Rick Stansbury. While his Bulldogs (8-5) were in Hawaii this week for the Diamond Head Classic, Stansbury spent most of the time defusing a messy situation when sophomore forward Renardo Sidney and junior forward Elgin Bailey were shown on national television in a fist-fight in the stands Thursday night. Both were suspended by the school and Stansbury was shocked by the incident. "In my 13 years as a head coach, we've never had anything like this happen before," he said in a statement.

Number of the day

879: The number of victories by Duke men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski tying him with North Carolina coaching legend Dean Smith in second place all-time. Only former Indiana and Texas Tech coach Bobby Knight has more wins, 902, in Division I history.